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By Karen WatsonOwen County Primary
Our building has been granted two Kindles per grade level. In our building, we are currently using them in the collaborative and resource setting. The Kindles have enhanced our teaching in centers within the collaborative setting.

Charlie Satterwhite loved golf. He also loved the University of Kentucky, especially the basketball team.
When organizers decided to move up the start time of the 13th Annual Charlie Satterwhite Memorial Golf Shamble to accommodate the start of UK’s Final Four game with the University of Louisville, it only seemed fitting.
Before the shotgun start, Satterwhite’s daughter Sara told participants that her dad would be on the course in spirit.

As Owen County school district’s site-based decision making councils prepare to make cuts in all schools, Owen County School District Superintendent David Raleigh said Maurice Bowling Middle School will be hit the hardest.
Raleigh said most councils won’t meet until after spring break, but any staff being cut must be notified by May 15.
“We’d like to have schedules put together as soon as we possibly can,” Raleigh said. “Those decisions that have to be made really drive how our schedules are put together.”

Bee Spicer has seen a lot of changes in the University of Kentucky basketball program over the years and once attended a UK game at the Memorial Coliseum, but even Spicer said she has never seen a team like the 2012 NCAA national champions.
Spicer said she has followed the Cats since the 1950s and once ran into (former UK player) Cotton Nash at a game, but nothing could compare to this year’s lineup.

When the doors of Owen County High School open for the 2012-13 school year students will be under new leadership.
Duane Kline, who currently serves as director of operations for the Butts County School District in Georgia, was awarded the position out of a total of 12 applicants.
Owen County School District Superintendent David Raleigh said Kline had served as principal of Jackson High School in Jackson, Ga. for 10 years before taking on an administrative role within the district.

The Science Fair was held two days this year. On Feb. 28, 133 students in fifth and sixth grades set up projects in the multi-purpose room in the Maurice Bowling Middle School. Every project followed the scientific method and was judged individually.
Special thanks to Tim Marcum, Jennifer Moore and Carol Wooten for their support.

By Peggy TrinkleJohn Guill Chapter, NSDAR
The John Guill Chapter, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, held its March meeting at the Owen County Library March 7 with guests from the Susannah Hart Shelby Chapter, NSDAR of Frankfort.
Our guest speaker Bonnie Strassell of Poplar Grove, a storyteller who has portrayed many women in history, brought to life Rebecca Boone, an American pioneer and wife of Daniel Boone, the famous frontiersman who led many hunters and settlers into Kentucky.

Meeting the Needs Ministry has moved
The office is now located at the El Bethel Christian Church parsonage at 3365 Georgetown Road.
The hours of operation are the same: Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 6 until 8 p.m.

It all started with a phone call.
On Jan. 11, 2011, a phone call was received at the Owen County High School. The caller was searching for family members of Robert (Bobby) Osborne. The schools seemed like a logical place to start.
The caller, Mike Harris, was looking for Bobby Osborne, the son of Porter and Christine Osborne.
After a conversation, an email outlining Harris’ request was sent to the staff, teachers and administrators of the Owen County School District to see if anyone knew Bobby Osborne and that someone was seeking this information.